Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-11
NON-UNION MEN
Captured in New York and Made Into
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New YORK, Feb. 7.-Sunday was a quiet
day for tn strikers and all concerned in the
great strike, 1t was said that the number
of strikers was likely to hc Increased to-day
by strike of the stationary engineers en-
ployod IN the factories mills, hotels AMI
public buildings They met last night. but
declined to tell what they would do.
Ii was broadly hintcd at the headquarters
Of District No. 40 that the engineers and
firemen would strike in every place in which
non-union coal was used.
A committee representing the strikers left
this city last night for Boston for the pur-
pose of inducing the New York and New
England railroad men to join the strike.
There was considerable activity at the
Ocean associations headquarters yesterday
Three hundred non-union men, who had been
induced to abandon the steamship com
panies during Saturday afternoon and even
ing. We're initiated. James Hurley, of the
executive board, received a pile Of green
backs from District No. ~ and he paid them
out to the needy men who called.
Mr. Hurley said that the organization had
repeated its warning to members not to in
terfere with non-unlonists. 1t had decided
not to interfere in behalf of Coughlin, who
was arrested on Saturday for beating
Freight Superintendent Andrew johnson, of
the Clyde line.
Pcket5 We're sent out to all the piers and
freight depots on the North and East river
fronts, and they captured all the non-union
men whom hey could get their hands on.
A Il IN Italians who were employed at the
Err freight depot at the foot Of Chambers
street promised to return to Philadelphia if
their fare was paid. The pickets agreed to
that.
The pickets wero very active all day and
they calculated that they would succeed in
keeping about 100 If the uOn-uion men away
from work mis- morning. They hope IN tin.
wa 10 cripple the railroad and steamship
companies and TO make the freight blockade
worse than it was on Saturday. They say
that this is an easier and cheaper way to
bring the strike to a successful end than to
call out out other industries.
At the various piers and freight dapOts the
watchmen said the companie, would have
all the men they need within one week
Al yesterdays meeting Of District Assem-
bly, No. "a, resolutions We're unanimously
adopted declaring that the comfort
OF the community was being inter
fered with by the continuance of the present
strike OF coal handlers and longshoremen,
and it was absolutely necessary that prompt
action be taken to bring the strike to Il close
1t was the duty of all good citizens, the
preamble continued, to make some sacrifices
in order to end this trouble before it entails
further hardship on the men and untold loss
to the corporations. They end as follows:
Whereas, The newspaper proprietors, by
reason of their position and intelligence.
should be more intimately convcrsant with
the underlying causes Of the present deplor-
able trouble Therefore, be il
Resolved, That District Assembly No. Ga
urgently request the proprietors Of the daily
newspapers Of this city to use their utmost
endeavors to bring about speedy settlement
OF the present differences between the corpo-
rations and their employees.
A considerable part of yesterdays session
of the Central Labor union was taken up in
discussing the strike of the coal handlers,
1ongshoremen and freight handlers When
tia meeting was called to order a delegation
representing the Ocean association appeared,
and through spokesman reviewed the strike
and the causes that led to it He said the